-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it's the handshake everyone is talking about. the brief moment shared between president obama and cuban president raul castro. ahead, what does it mean in terms of a thaw possibly in relations. >> plus, round two of snow and ice. bad weather hitting the northeast. even federal officers in d.c. are shut down because of all of this. also -- >> that was a -- oh. >> i'm here, i'm here. >> that is our own reporter in the middle of all of that violent internal conflict raging in central african republic. now world leaders are calling for calm. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm michael holmes. for millions of people around the world, this day is all about any son mandela. >> memorial service honoring is

the global icon wrapping up a couple of hours ago in johannesburg. watch. ♪ >> absolutely beautiful as you see there, the atmosphere inside. this is the fnb stadium. a huge celebration despite the heavy rain there, presidents, prime ministers, royalty, regular folks, all of them coming together with the mandela family to pay tribute to a man described as one of the greatest peacemakers ever. >> a man who united a bitterly segregated country even after its oppressive white rulers imprisoned him for nearly 27 years. president obama describing mr. mandela as a giant of history. >> it took a man like madiba to free not just the prisoner but the jailer, as well. to show that you must trust others so that they may trust

you to teach that will reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past but a means of confronting it with inclusion and generosity and truth. he changed laws, but he also changed hearts. >> president obama getting a warm welcome there will attending the memorial service with three of his predecessors. you see them there, george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. the leaders of more than 90 countries in attendance there. >> president obama surprised a lot of people when he shook hands with the cuban president raul castro. you see it there. a rare gesture between the u.s. and cuba which have had pretty strained relations for the last half century or so. we're already getting reaction from cuba. we're going to get to the significance of that handshake and how it is being viewed in a moment. but first want to go to johannesburg. >> we've got reporters on all

angles of the story including robyn curnow who was at the nelson mandela memorial service. now outside the home. i want to focus on the emotions here because it was incredible to watch. a lot of people here at least east coast time got up at 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning to see this historic occasion. you were there on the ground. give us a sense what that was like. >> i was speaking to christiane amanpour when we were watching at one point and both of us who obviously covered a few stories in our time looked at each other and just said wow. it was an honor being there. there were times when you just had to say, let's watch this and let it all sink in. there was the singing, thattent chanting, that sense of people coming together. there were prayers. there were the speeches. some of them slightly long winded and boring i think for the crowd. a lot of the sound system wasn't ta good so you couldn't hear some of the speeches. but i don't think the crowd seemed to mind. you know, there was a sense of people just happy to be there.

it was pouring with rain half the time, too. that didn't take away from that sense of occasion. of course, you know, tens of thousands of south africans were joined by more than 90 heads of state. you know, at least another 100 or so more eminent people like pop stars like bono or film stars like char lease they are ron. it was the who's who of the world. what was so powerful was it was everybody mixed up and mushed up together. it was so mandela. i've said it over and over again. he didn't mind if you weren't wearing your best clothes when you saw him, even if you hadn't brushed your hair or if your kids weren't wearing shoes. you saw you. he saw every person. that was what was so key. it was so key today. it was a wonderful sendoff because it was a bit of everybody's experience of him

all mixed up in that stadium, and you know, it was a bit messy because it was raining and the logistics were sometimes a bit off. that didn't matter because this was for madiba, for mandela. everybody came to say good-bye. at the home, people are still coming, laying flowers. this doesn't seem like it's going to end. >> it's wonderful the way you put that messy and all smushed up the way nelson mandela would have loved that. an amazing tapestry of people there in that stadium. thank you so much, really appreciate it. >> did a great job this morning. part of our team there. it's interesting in the hossa culture, rain is good luck. so it rained the whole day there. that's good cluck. that's a good thing. let's talk about that gesture now that caught some people by surprise. we saw au president obama arriving on stage to pay tribute to nelson mandela and you see there the handshake.

shaking hands with the cuban president raul u castro. a bit of a symbolic moment because of the strained relations that we mentioned earlier. patrick opman is our man in havana. i suppose when it comes to that handshake, it was nelson mandela's memorial. so in the spirit of reconciliation, he couldn't ignore raul castro. how is it being seen there in havana? >> if this wasn't the handshake heard around the world it's certainly is the handshake heard all over havana. i've been talking to people. it's all they have to talk about. they want to know what it means for them and future in cuba/u.s. relations. was is just a simple courtesy or does it mean there could be a change after all these years of really no change between how the two the countries get along or don't get along. this comes after months of a slight warming in relations. u.s. diplomats are now able to travel are outside havana more regularly.

and the same for their cuban counterparts in washington, d.c. the two corrupts are talking about very simple but significant things like restoring direct mail, more cultural exchanges. we've seen what's being called something of -- between the two countries. of course, there still remain major major issues. but what's significant of course, nelson mandela was a great friend of fidel castro and to cuba. he advocated to u.s. officials lifting of the economic embargo improving relations. it would be quite telling if his memorial service was something of a starting point for a conversation, but we'll have to see how it plays out. there have so many fallouts over the years and cubans have had their hopes dashed time and time again when it turned out the relations didn't improve. >> we'll see if this will be another step along that warming trend. bat electric op man there in havana. >> we'll have more reaction on

the handshake, not surprising because former president jimmy carter making his onus. here's how he reacted to the happened shake today. >> i think it was something significant. i've known raul castro quite well for a number of years. i don't hesitate to visit cuba when i want to and i've known his brother fidel, as well. that was the first time i believe that an incumbent american president has shaken hands with a leader of cuba. and i hope it will be an omen for the future. >> want to bring in senior political analyst david gergen to talk more about the significance of this. quickly, what do you make of this, more of a symbolic gesture than something that's a break-through? >> it's an important symbolic gesture. we are moving toward a thawed relationship. many more americans are traveling to cuba. within the hispanic community and the united states. there are some cuban resistance still, but generally speaking you find in the latino community

in the united states, there is a sort of -- there's a willingness to try to build relationships. i think that's coming very rapidly and president obama, of course, has been reaching out to a number of people around the world who most recently iran and i think he's trying to change the american foreign policy in that regard whether he'll get completely get there or not, i don't know. but he certainly has moved it. >> david, let's go back for a minute here. let's be for real. fidel castro was financially supporting the anc when the u.s. and other world powers were shunning them, some considered them a terrorist group. at some point the u.s. was not on the right side of history when it came to south africa. it is very fitting you have cuba's leader front and center, speen a speaking role there. is it possible there could be recness of cuba's role at that time that could alter perhaps the way the united states sees cuba today? >> i'm not sure i'd go that far, but i do think that any son mandela in his early years depended heavily upon a number

of people we found odious in the united states, including moma gadhafi. if he'd been alive today, perhaps he would have spoken, as well. it speaks to the mandela journey that in the beginning he was regarded by the west, i about the united states, by britain, by margaret thatcher as a terrorist. but as we've learned over time, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. i think he evolved and now we see him as a freedom fighter. just as we saw many people who fought to secure israel as terrorists at the time, some people thought they were terrorists. they became freedom fighters. i think it says a lot about the evolution of mandela's reputation, who he became, how he became -- how he embraced reconciliation. i think president obama spoke well to all of that today. it's important for americans to snow as we watch in that president obama got the loudest applause of anybody who spoke today. he had roars from the crowd.

and i think that will speaks to the kind of -- he's very controversial here in the united states but there are parts of the world where he's extremely popular. >> david, it was interesting, he got roars of from the crowd before he even spoke, the camera went on him. he appeared on the big screen and hadn't stood up yet. somebody else was actually speaking. it was one of those awkward moments. let's play a little bit more sound from the president though when he sort of emphasizes there's a lot to be done. >> envelope america and in south africa, and in countries all around the globe, we cannot allow our progress to cloud the fact that our work is not yet done. the struggles that follow the victory of formal equality for universal franchise may not be as filled with drama and moral clarity as those that came before, but they are no less important. >> and the president did go on

to say people still in prison for their beliefs religious or otherwise, persecuted for how they look or worship or as he put it it, who they love. the interesting thing about any son mandela, are he never looked for approval or wanted approval. he said what he thought and sometimes that might have offended people in the united states. certainly some political leaders. he was no fan of the iraq war. for example. do you think that his dream particularly when it comes to south africa but also on the broader world stage has legs, if you like? >> oh, absolutely. and one of the things that was interestinging about president obama's speech today was he lifted nelson mandela into a pantheon of three great moral leaders of the 20th century. one is ghandi and martin luther king and now nelson mandela. and he spoke of them together as sort of moral giants. i thought that was quite striking. what he was trying to do was to universalize the messages that they brought.

and their messages, are of course, in many ways quite consistent. it's almost as if the world's religions have some of their central messages are consistent. here, i think president obama was helping us understand that will what will nelson mandela was first and foremost a son of south africa, but more than that, he became a father to the modern world, to the moral path forward as he saw it. >> all right. david gergen, thank you so much. appreciate your perspective. michael, it's interesting you and i asked christiane amanpour whether or not there would be any lesson that all those world leaders coming together would go have based on mandela. we saw that happened shake today between the president and the cuban president. >> something happened. >> from cuba to the u.s. and also china, had royalty, rock stars. the breadth of those, you had people there who all came together for nelson mandela which was fascinating >> a wonderful moment. here's more of what we're

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airport in johannesburg. it's nice to have you with us. you're one of my favorite gospel artists. how did this happen, how did this come about? >> well, first of all, it's an honor to get a chance to talk to you. thank you for talking to me. i landed here last thursday in johannesburg. we were scheduled to do concerts here. so when i landed me and my crew when we got to the hotel and started flipping the channels, we got the breaking news that mr. mandela had passed. so we just all sat around the tv stunned and couldn't believe it. and so the next day, i just wanted to really feel connected to what was happening within the community, just within the country. so we went over to his home. there were hundreds and thousands of people standing outside singing. so we were outside dancing with the people, singing with the people. i guess people started to find out that i was i was there

hanging out. so it was time for me to leave yesterday. and the south african government asked me if i would mind staying and being a part of the event. and we had already checked our luggage and everything. i said you have to get my luggage off the plane. they were able to do that. we went to a rehearsal last night and taught some of my song in zu lieu. they told me i would be performing before the president gets up. we stood up today and i hope i made people proud and hope i made the south african proud and my hometown proud. i hope i made my community and country proud and just really tried to represent my faith faith in this great man. >> kirk, tell us about that. it was an electrifying performance, you chose the song "my life is in your hands." what did mandela mean to you? >> what's very interesting is sometimes unfortunately, you

couple up a lot of times, you're not taught extensively about a lot of the history, you know, that happens in other countries. so i was in my early 20s during apartheid. i didn't know much about it except what i heard from a distance, but just as i got older and started to hear more and more and more, there were things i learned from a distance. but i can tell you, these last five days, i've become so informed and educated being here for five days, my 13-year-old son is telling me, daddy, as soon as you get home teach me everything you know about mandela. i'm ready and prepared to teach him all about this great man. >> kirk franklin, thank you so much for your performance and for passing that lesson down to your son. this is something that he makes a good point. a lot of young people don't know. >> you're a huge fan. >> i'm a huge fan of kirk franklin. a lot of young people don't know the full story.

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england. some people could see half a foot on the ground today. which means the roads could be risky and check out that video if you haven't seen it already. this was sunday near milwaukee. officials say nearly two dozen vehicles slamming into each other in five minutes. >> yeah, thankfully no serious injuries. the weather is so bad, it's even iced over parts of the federal government. and that's where we find, of course, cnn's chris lawrence in the storm in washington, d.c. chad meyers tracking every move from the severe weather center. so chris, you know, d.c. doesn't always handle ice and snow well. we know having lived there for quite some time. what is it like today? is it any worse off than previous winters? >> yes, suzanne. it really hasn't been all that bad. a couple hours ago, we were seeing it really, really come down. and it was the kind of thick wet snow that tends to accumulate very, very quickly, but in this case, it just simply did not. i don't think chad would even classify this as a dusting here

in the heart of d.c. here on the national mall. of course, the federal government is closed. that means a lot of businesses that relien ot government are also closed. the roads are fairly clear. not many cars out. there's nothing that ever really accumulated on the roads. there was a lot of concern over what this storm could have been because of what we saw over the last couple days, those pile-ups, a tremendous amount of snow in places like philadelphia that didn't expect that much. there was a lot of concern that getting more snow on top of that would cause even more problems from some of the areas that were still trying to dig out. looks like we missed the brunt of this, at least here in the washington, d.c. area. >> you need to get a wind machine and a bigger jacket if you're going to impress us. because you look quite comfortable there and all around you, it doesn't look too bad. am i missing something? >> it's almost 40 degrees. what do you want me to do?

do you want me to put 0 on the full parka here? i've been trying to convince the joggers not to jog behind me to make it look somewhat wintry at this point. >> we love it. >> we appreciate that. d.c. does not always handle -- it doesn't handle snow or even a little bit of snow very well. so that could be part of the reason why they shut some of the federal government down. >> it's not as nice as that everywhere. chad meyers. >> inside the beltway, there's a lot of hot air. you get outside the beltway, it's not so nice. out toward vienna and dulles, it's not as nice. the did stick. the issue is it's above 32 and melting. after sunset, watch out for 28 as we get into even up toward 1 and i-95, we will see snow. finally into new york city ending probably in the next hour or two. just about what you see is what you get. except the cold air still coming

in. there's so much cold air that's going to be sinking in these bridges and overpasses tonight that even though it looks wet right now, it will be ice. some black ice will develop. watch that as we start to sink into the nighttime hours. bismarck, high today 16. that's 13 degrees below where we should be. it doesn't get a lot better. that cold air moves east. >> that's cold. yeah. that's cold. >> that's the high. >> thank you, chad. that's what you like about you, michael, keeping it real in washington, d.c. keeping it real. >> i like cad's line. >> hot air. just when you think you're complaining about cold where it is where you live, well, the coldest day ever has been recorded in antarctica. insanely, talking about minus 135.8 degrees fahrenheit. it could actually hurt you, of course, to breathe. >> look at the pictures though. >> this happened more than three years ago actually. we're not that behind on the news because nasa only just

recently analyzed all the satellite data and released the results. that's a bit chilly. >> it is very, very chilly there. we're watching this, as well, about a half hour secretary of state john kerry is going to go before the house foreign affairs committee. why? the obama administration says that the recent deal with iran, the iran nuke deal, is a good one, but it's a tough sell for the administration because members of the president's own party say it's too easy on iran. we're going to go live to washington next. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare.

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we're watching for this. u.s. secretary of state john kerry's arrival on capitol hill. he's actually scheduled to testify about 1:00 or so to defend the recent iran nuke deal before the house foreign affairs committee. >> now, that deal, of course, calls for more inspections, some limits also on iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions on iran. but a bipartisan group of senators is close to a deal on an agreement, if you like, on tougher sanctions. >> and so let's bring in jim

sciutto from washington to talk about this and dissect this. take us through this because we want to understand. secretary kerry spends all this time to get this break through deal with iran. you strike this interim agreement last month in geneva and then it makes it harder for the white house which is already afraid that iran's not going to commit to go forward with this and really see if it works, see if it happens. does this just not come down to trust? congress is not ready to trust iran even under a new regime. >> you're absolutely right. there's a gaping trust deficit. that's the point of view of republican and democratic lawmakers. you can't trust iran and you have to keep adding to economic pressure on regime even while the deal is under way. that that's the only thing that's going to keep them honest. the administration's response is sort of an odd modification on the old trust but verify with the soviets. kerry said it's not trust but verify, it's verify and verify. they say they're going to monitor this deal and any minor

sanctions relief they're doing is easily rolled back if iran doesn't abide by any of its commitments under this agreement. >> so jim, that really is the point. i mean, the administration says this is rolling back some sanctions in a minor way as an incentive to iran to follow through on the geneva deal. what is it that members of congress are against here? why not give it a chance? it's easily fixed. why make it tougher and perhaps frighten them off? >> that's the argument. it's an interesting situation here because you have the american president and the iranian president making the same argument in effect. that new sanctions now will destroy or at least seriously damage the diplomatic path here, and to some degree that's part of the administration's response here in the u.s. is okay, what's your alternative? you know, if these sanctions destroy the diplomatic path, destroy our credibility not just with the iranians but even with their european partners, ash a

point the administration makes repeatedly, what's your option? are you saying we're ready to bomb iran? it's part of their push back but it's a sales pitch that hasn't worked yet on the hill. >> briefly, jim, if they do push forward with new sanctions, can the president turn around and say no, i'm not going to do it? >> unfortunately not. he cannot do that. that's one rope they're pushing back so hard. one thing that can happen, senator harry reid, the democratic leader can keep this from going to a vote. when you have democratic senators on board, as well, that's going to be difficult for him to do. >> jim, you've been talking with the iranians saying look, if there are any additional sanctions, this whole thing is dead, right? >> you had that public comment from the iranian foreign minister zarif in interviews with "time" magazine and "the new york times" he said no sanctions will kill this deal, his words. >> you've also got iranian president rouhani fighting off hard lines on his side waiting to say i told you so. thanks so much, jim sciutto.

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today it wasn't only today you had leaders there from more than 90 countries all traveling to joel berg to pay tribute to this global symbol of reconciliation. >> despite the pouring rain, we heard the chants. we heard the cheers and, of course, the many challenges for the world to learn from mandela's example. it was one of his message ans we heard from president obama. >> we must ask how well have a applied his lessons in my own life.

it's a question i ask myself. as a man and as a president. we know that like south africa, the united states had to overcome centuries of racial subjugation. as was true here, it took sacrifice, the sacrifices of countless people known and unknown to see the dawn of a new day. michele and i are beneficiaries of that struggle. >> want to bring in jake tapper joining us from washington. jake, let's talk about that moment in the message from the president here because it is always been something that is somewhat tricky for him to talk about race. we saw it back in the campaign when he first addressed race in philadelphia, that speech that he made that was very symbolic, very significant for americans. we saw when he entered the whole trayvon martin saying he could

have a son that looked like trayvon martin. yet, there are african-american who's feel like they want more from this president. where is the balance there? how does he strike that in talking about race and the significance of our own development in this country and also, the ways that people are a little bit disappointed? >> well, the president has always had a tough line to walk here when it comes to that. he's been mindful of the fact that that he's not president of african-americans. he's president of the united states. that to many african-american leaders has often been disappointing. they this not seen him as the kind of leader he wanted to be. his approach has been to compare it nelson mandela. mandela wanted to make sure he wasn't just president of the black majority in south africa but he was president of the whole country when he was elected in 1994. that's kind of the same message that president obama has been talking about although obviously very different in terms of the circumstances but talking about income inequality in general,

talking about failing schools in general, talking about how many individuals are in the judicial system in general. not specifically focusing on african-americans although on occasion such as father's day he does talk about messages for african-americans but often when he does try to do that, the same black leaders criticize him for lecturing him. in a way it's a double-edged sword. he can't win. >> and let's also listen to something else that was significant. this was a moment that a lot of people really resonated with. >> there are too many leaders who claim solidarity with madiba's struggle for freedom but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. and there are too many of us, too many of us on the sidelines comfortable in complacency or cynicism. when our voices must be heard.

>> other world leaders too, the remarkable thing we've been saying is the sort of breadth of leaders who were there. was there a commonality that came out of that that can give heart to international relations per se? >> certainly. you saw that in the president's handshaking with the leader of cuba raul castro. but the message that the president was giving right there was a message right to raul castro and respondent mugabe who were both in attend, as well as to bashar al assad who wasn't there today, but issued a statement after mandela's passing. he was taking, i wouldn't call it a shot but he was reprimanding them, leaders who do not believe in the same kind of freedoms that mandela stood for even while they attend his funeral and give a lot of words to what mandela ultimately spent his whole life for, which is

freedom and democracy. >> and jake, do you think there was a message in the domestic audience, as well? do you think he was speaking to some of his critics in the united states who prevented him from moving forward in his own agenda? >> i don't. i think he was mainly focused on castro, mugabe, assad, individuals in the international world who are suppressing their people and not providing them with the freedoms. they extol at the same moment that they're attending the mandela memorial. >> jake tapper, appreciate it. good to he sue you as always. nelson mandela inspired the world essentially to make an impact in some way. there are many people trying to follow his lead. if you would like to be one of those folks, we have more on mandela's charitable legacy and you can get involved because that's what it's all about. visit cnn.com/impact. >> well, it's in the heart of africa. some say it is on the verge of

genocide. certainly chaos. now president obama also says it is time to stop the killing in the central african republic. the world this time around is watching. >> but the awful violence of recent days threatens the country you love. innocent men, women and children have been killed. >> up next you're going to hear more of what president obama told the people there. [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shareholders meeting.

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and now to a country in the heart of africa, and many fear that the violence there could turn that small place into the next rwanda. >> with many saying that the country is now on the verge of genocide, president obama has now issued an urgent plea to help the people there. >> most of as you, every citizen of the central african republic can show the courage that's needed right now. you can show your love for your country by rejecting the violence that would tear it apart. you can choose peace. you can choose to live up to the rule that is at the heart of all great faiths. >> what's worrying here is that this is sectarian in nature. it is muslim versus christian in a christian dominated country. we've got reports from the

ground the violence is continuing. two french soldiers, france, of course, the colonial power or former colonial power when it comes to the car, has sent more troops in there to try to end the violence, but it is continuing. they lost two soldiers yesterday. we're on the ground there. here's a report. >> even as the u.n. security council was voing to give france the mandate it needed to ep engage here in the central ra african republic, christian and muslim militias were taking aim at each other's communities. >> we've been hearing sustained gunfire and started hearing we've weaponry coming from a lot of different directs. oh, that was an rp overhead. >> i'm here, i'm here. >> down. >> i'm here. where are you? >> okay. they told us to go. they told us to go let's go, let's go!

>> the african forces have come to us. you can see them they're giving cover so the u.n. vehicles can get out. we've now been brought to the base. the fighting is still quite close even here. some of the displaced people when they heard gunshots ran and taking shelter here with the african forces. >> okay. >> >> we have finally had some respite after two days of violent clashes. the african regional peacekeeping force was able to gauche great a brief cease fire to allow aid agencies to get out and assess the needs. they're running low on food and water. they desperately need some sort of proper shelter and desperately need medicine and they can't leave the camp. they're effectively under siege. the only line of defense now are the african forces guarding

them. >> the rights of children and women need to be respected and they're not being respected. you know, we can't do our work and there's frankly little prospect for moving out of the situation unless people especially leaders, people responsible for remain anned men recognize that and begin to take those responsibilities seriously. >> shooting again. the shooting started again. so of's having to run for shelter inside. should we take the other one? the children are also squashed here. there's no room for us. you can see how terrified people are, even here inside these walls surrounded by soldiers. they are still not safe. >> excellent reporting. really bringing it to you from the ground and just giving a sense, because a lot of people have not been paying attention to the story and it is so

critical. it is so important what is happening there. so many people whose lives are at stake. >> last estimates are now 600,000 people. about 10% of the population are displaced by this fighting. and you know, the sectarian nature of it is what's worrying, as well. there have been hundreds killed. the french president is flying in there today on the way back from the mandela memory to visit the troops. two french soldiers were killed yesterday. >> we're also covering this. a man accused of making breast implants on the cheap that col rupture, leak industrial chemicals into women's bodies. today, a disgraced former executive is learning the price he's going to have to pay.

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the founder of a breast implant company to prison time as well as a big fine. this is coming about three years after the company made global headlines. >> yeah, prosecutors claimed these implants were filled with industrial grade silicone that could rupture and even cause cancer and that hundreds of thousands of women worldwide were put at risk. this is the so-called pip implants. let's go to cnn's atika schubert for more. >> michael and suzanne, jean-claude mas is the founder

of pip, the french company that made these detective implants. he's been sentenced to four years in prison for fraud and has to pay a fine of a little bit more than $100,000. throughout the trial, mas denied doing anything wrong. he still faces a separate trial on the charge of causing involuntary injury. it's not over for him yet. he was arrested in january last year after a woman with pip implants died of cancer. and the investigation that followed found that will these implants contained silicone that had not been certified for medical use. they were the kind for industrial use including stuffing mattresses. now, studies have not found any medical link between the implants and cancer, but some other studies did suggest that pip implants were prone to rupturing, and an estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries received these breast implants from pip. back to you, michael and suzanne. >> all right. atika schubert, thanks for that. thanks for watching "around the world.." >> "cnn newsroom" starts right

now. now. have a good afternoon. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com right now, secretary of state john kerry about to testify about a deal to curb iran's nuclear program. we'll explain. highlights of the agreement, why secretary kerry may face a very tough sell up on capitol hill. also right now, federal offices here in washington, they are closed thanks to the weather the northeast is getting hit with another round of snow, sleet, rain and ice. and right now, world leaders are heading home after a moving memorial service for nelson mandela. we're going to bring you highlights from the service and from president obama's remarks honoring mandela's life and his legacy. hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. the goal is to prevent iran from